NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche just lost the last little bit of cushion he had left to survive confirmation. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, announced that she would not support Blanche’s nomination to be the nation’s top prosecutor and law enforcement official, dealing another blow to his rocky … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Democrat running in a key Montana House race as a “smokejumper” and working-class outsider previously worked as a registered lobbyist opposing state-level bills that would have restricted drag performances in public schools and libraries, banned gender-transition procedures for minors and cracked down on sanctuary policies, records … Read more
Mo Strategies, a firm linked to President Trump, is lobbying for pardons, according to a CBS News investigation. CBS News’ Gabe Kaminsky has more. Source link
When President Trump returned to power, a group of his former campaign and administration officials started a federal lobbying practice. Mo Strategies, which has registered an array of corporate clients, is now expanding into the newly-lucrative world of pardons. Business is booming. The Trump-linked firm has signed on to lobby for the law firm Blessinger … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A bipartisan Senate duo are pushing a proposal to permanently prohibit former lawmakers and elected officers of Congress from lobbying. Republican Sen. Rick Scott of Florida and Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts have teamed up on a measure called the “Banning Lobbying And Safeguarding Trust Act,” … Read more
A company in San Francisco that prosecutors likened to a sex cult has embarked on a campaign to court allies of President Trump as it seeks pardons for its two convicted leaders, CBS News has learned through interviews and records. OneTaste, a self-described “orgasmic meditation” company, is on the hunt for clemency for its former … Read more
Secretary of State Marco Rubio appeared in court on Tuesday in the case against former Rep. David Rivera, who is accused of illegally lobbying for Venezuela. Rivera, who is also Rubio’s former roommate, denies any wrongdoing. CBS News correspondent Cristian Benavides reports. Source link
MIAMI — The federal trial of a former Miami congressman accused of secretly lobbying for Venezuela’s government during the first Trump administration begins Monday with Secretary of State Marco Rubio set to testify over his interactions with his old friend. Prosecutors allege David Rivera was a hired gun for former President Nicolás Maduro, leveraging Republican … Read more
MIAMI — The federal trial of a former Miami congressman accused of secretly lobbying for Venezuela’s government during the first Trump administration begins Monday with Secretary of State Marco Rubio set to testify over his interactions with his old friend. Prosecutors allege David Rivera was a hired gun for former President Nicolás Maduro, leveraging Republican … Read more